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1991 International Harvester School Bus Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
6
Latest Sep 15, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 13, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1991 International Harvester School Bus. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Suspension
Filed Sep 15, 2003

BUS DEVELOPED A CRACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE BEHIND THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS. CAUSE OF THE CRACK WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10039973
Transmission
Filed Jan 28, 1998

FRONT TURBINE SHAFT FAILED.(QCAW)

NHTSA ID
529253
Incident
Oct 21, 1996
Engine
Filed Jan 22, 1997

FRONT TURBINE SHAFT FAILED.

NHTSA ID
605840
Incident
Oct 21, 1996
Transmission
Filed Mar 28, 1996

ALLISON TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER TO DRIVE AXLE. (1ST VEHICLE ON 502756 & 502757) *SD

NHTSA ID
502755
Incident
Feb 23, 1996
Body & structure
Filed Feb 15, 1996

DRAWSTRING CAUGHT IN BUS HANDRAIL. *DH

NHTSA ID
501628
Incident
Feb 1, 1996
Electrical
Filed Jan 13, 1995
Fire reported

WIRES TO FUEL SHUT-OFF SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. *SKD

NHTSA ID
480646
Incident
Jan 13, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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